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Title: Which witch is which? Part VI: S-T Post by: Daniel Franklin on October 29, 2007, 02:33:45 PM # sachet.........a small bag containing perfumed powder
# sashay.........to strut or flounce # sacks..........bags # sax............short for saxophone # sail...........wind powered water travel # sale...........the act of selling # sane...........mentally normal # seine..........fishing net # saner..........more mentally normal than others # seiner.........one who fishes with a net # saver..........one who saves # savor..........to relish a taste # sawed..........cut timber # sod............turf # scene..........visual location # seen...........past tense of saw # scent, see: cent # scents, see: cents # scull..........rowing motion # skull..........head bone # sea............ocean # see............to look # seal...........to close # seel...........to close someone's eyes # sealing, see: ceiling # seam...........row of stitches # seem...........appears # seamen.........sailors # semen..........male discharge # seams..........more than one rows of stitching # seems..........it appears to be # sear, see: cere # seas...........oceans # sees...........looks # seize..........to grab # sects..........religious factions # sex............if you have to ask, you're too young # seed, see: cede # seeder, see: cedar # seeding, see: ceding # seek...........to look for # Sikh...........Hindu religious sect # seer, see: cere # sell, see: cell # seller, see: cellar # sense, see: cents # senses, see: census # sensor, see: censer # sent, see: cent # sere, see: cere # serf...........slave # surf...........breaking waves # serge..........strong twilled fabric # surge..........forceful push # serial, see: cereal # series, see: Ceres # session, see: cession # sew............needle and thread # so.............in the manner shown # sol............musical note # sow............broadcasting seeds # sewer..........one who sews # sower..........one who sows # sewer..........waste drain # suer...........one who sues # shake..........vibrate # sheik..........Arab prince # shall..........is allowed # shell..........aquatic exoskeleton # she'll.........contraction of "she will" # shill..........a decoy # shear..........to cut or wrench # sheer..........thin; abrupt turn # shears.........cuts or wrenches; scissors # sheers.........abruptly turns # sheave.........pulley # shiv...........knife # shoe...........footwear # shoo..........."go away" # shoes..........more than one shoe # shoos..........sends away # shoot, see: chute # sic............to set upon # sick...........ill # sics...........sets upon # six............whole number # side...........lateral # sighed.........breathed sorrowfully # sigh, see: psi # sighs..........multiple sad and weary breaths # size...........magnitude # sight, see: cite # sighted, see: cited # sights, see: cites # sign...........displayed board bearing information # sine...........reciprocal of the cosecant # signet, see: cygnet # sink...........to submerge # synch..........together in time # Sioux..........tribe of native Americans # sou............French coin worth five centimes # sough..........soft sound # sue............bring civil action # site, see: cite # sited, see: cited # sites, see: cites # slay...........kill # sleigh.........snow carriage # sleight........cunning skill # slight.........not much # slew...........past tense of slay # slough.........bog # slue...........to swing around # sloe...........blackthorn berries # slow...........not fast # soar...........fly # sore...........hurt # soared.........to have sailed through the air # sword..........long fighting blade # solace.........comfort # soulless.......lacking a soul # sole...........only # soul...........immortal part of a person # some...........a few # sum............result of addition # son............male child # sun............star # sonny..........diminutive for male child # sunny..........lit by the sun # soot...........black residue of burning # suit...........clothes # sordid.........squalid # sorted.........arranged # spade..........shovel # spayed.........to sterilize a female animal # spoor..........trail of an animal # spore..........single cell reproductive body # staid..........reserved # stayed.........remained # stair..........a step # stare..........look intently # stake..........wooden pole # steak..........slice of meat # statice........an astringent herb # status.........position with regard to law # stationary.....not moving # stationery.....writing paper # steal..........take unlawfully # steel..........iron alloy # step...........a measure taken # steppe.........a level, grassy, unforested plain # stile..........narrow passage # style..........mode # stoop..........a small porch # stoup..........a drinking cup # storey.........the horizontal divisions of a building # story..........a narrative tale # straight.......not crooked # strait.........narrow waterway # succor.........relief # sucker.........one who sucks # suede..........split leather # swayed.........curved; convinced # suite..........ensemble # sweet..........sugary # summary........a statement giving only the main points # summery........like summer # sundae.........ice cream with syrup on it # Sunday.........first day of the week # symbol, see: cymbal # tach...........short for tachometer # tack...........small nail # tacks..........small nails # tax............governmental tithe # tail...........spinal appendage # tale...........story # tailer.........one who hauls in on a ship's line # tailor.........one who makes clothes # taper..........wedge-shaped # tapir..........hoglike, Malaysian mammal # tare...........allowance for the weight of packing materials # tear...........to rip # taught.........past tense of teach # taut...........stretched tight # tea............herbal infusion # tee............golfball prop # ti.............musical note # team...........a group working together # teem...........to swarm # teaming........a fortuitous pairing # teeming........a swarming # tear...........eyeball lubricant # tier...........a horizontal row # teas...........more than one herbal infusion # tease..........tantalize # tees...........more than one tee # tenner.........English slang for a ten pound note # tenor..........tendency # tense..........nervous # tents..........more than one temporary shelter # tern...........a shorebird # terne..........alloy of lead and tin # turn...........rotate # Thai...........from Thailand # tie............a draw # the............denoting persons already mentioned # thee...........objective case of thou # their..........belonging to them # there..........a place # they're........contraction of "they are" # threw..........to propel by hand # through........from end to end # throe..........a spasm of pain # throw..........to discharge through the air # throes.........spasms of pain # throws.........discharging through the air # throne.........the royal seat # thrown.........was hurled # thyme..........herb # time...........natures way of keeping everything from happening at once # tic............twitch # tick...........small noise; parasitic bug # ticks..........the sounds of a clock # tics...........more than one twitch # tide...........periodic ebb and flow of oceans # tied...........passed tense of tie # tighten........to make tighter # titan..........a giant # timber.........wood for building # timbre.........musical quality # tire...........round, rubber things on your car # tyer...........one who ties # to.............toward # too............also # two............a couple # toad...........frog # toed...........having toes # towed..........pulled ahead # tocsin.........an alarm # toxin..........a poison # tocsins........more than one alarm # toxins.........more than one poisons # toe............forepart of the foot # tow............to pull ahead # told...........what was spoken # tolled.........a bell was rung # tole...........lacquered metalware # toll...........a tax or charge # ton............2000 lbs. # Tun............a large cask # tongue.........mouth muscle # tung...........Chinese tree and its oil(similar to linseed) # toon...........cartoon personality # tune...........song # tort...........a sweet cake for lawyers # torte..........a sweet multi-layered cake # tough..........difficult # tuff...........a stratified, porous rock # tracked........having tracks # tract..........a plot of land # tray...........a platter # trey...........three # troop..........a company of soldiers # troupe.........a company of actors # trooper........a private soldier # trouper........a staunch colleague or actor # troopers.......several soldiers # troupers.......multiple actors, or allies # trussed........tied up # trust..........faith Articles Source - Free Articles About the Author AE Wise is an author on http://www.Writing.Com/ which is a site for Writers. AE Wise has been in education for over 20 years. This is the fifth (S-T) in a series of six articles. |